Adventures in amateur sewing

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I’ve been curious about Burda Style patterns for a while now, but it took me awhile to figure out what they were and where to find them. In fact, it took me awhile to figure out this was a regularly published fashion magazine that featured the patterns to sew the clothes featured. I somehow came across one of these patterns when I was looking for a skirt to make that would go with some plaid rayon blend I had just recently bought. You actually can get individual pdf patterns on their website, but since I’m a bit overwhelmed with putting together a pdf pattern (have not attempted this yet!), I thought purchasing the magazine would be better for me. Plus there would be other patterns as well!

I’m not sure what I expected when I got the magazine, but when I pulled out the pattern section…